1013
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century · 11th century · 12th century |
| Decades: | 980s · 990s · 1000s · 1010s · 1020s · 1030s · 1040s |
| Years: | 1010 · 1011 · 1012 · 1013 · 1014 · 1015 · 1016 |
| 1013 by topic | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1013 MXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1766 |
| Armenian calendar | 462 ԹՎ ՆԿԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5763 |
| Bengali calendar | 420 |
| Berber calendar | 1963 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1557 |
| Burmese calendar | 375 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6521–6522 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬子年 (Water Rat) 3709 or 3649 — to — 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 3710 or 3650 |
| Coptic calendar | 729–730 |
| Discordian calendar | 2179 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1005–1006 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4773–4774 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1069–1070 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 934–935 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4113–4114 |
| Holocene calendar | 11013 |
| Igbo calendar | 13–14 |
| Iranian calendar | 391–392 |
| Islamic calendar | 403–404 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōwa 2 (長和２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 915–916 |
| Julian calendar | 1013 MXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3346 |
| Minguo calendar | 899 before ROC 民前899年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −455 |
| Seleucid era | 1324/1325 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1555–1556 |
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Year 1013 (MXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Estimation: Kaifeng, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Córdoba in Al-Andalus.[1][2]
- The largest of the Four Great Books of Song, the Song Dynasty Chinese encyclopedia Prime Tortoise of the Record Bureau (which had been compiled since 1005), is completed in 1,000 volumes of 9.4 million written Chinese characters.
Europe
- July – Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, having invaded England, is proclaimed as King within the Danelaw.[3]
- December 25 – Sweyn is proclaimed King of all England in London, forcing Æthelred the Unready to flee to Normandy.[3][4]
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a peace treaty at Merseburg with Duke Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland who recognizes him as overlord.
- Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, gathers an army at Augsburg to begin his second Italian military campaign.
- The Jews are expelled from the caliphate of Córdoba.
- The Poles withdraw from Pomerania (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
- Lyfing is appointed by Æthelred the Unready as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- The Al-Hakim Mosque is completed in Cairo.
- Beauvais changes from a county to a bishopric (approximate date).
Births
- Sancha of León, wife of Ferdinand I of León (d. 1067)
- Rabbi Isaac Alfasi (Rif),Moroccan Talmudist and posek (d. 1103)
Deaths
- Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, scholar of medicine (b. 936)
- Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah, Arab emir in Palestine (b. 977)
References
Sources
- Chandler, Tertius (1989). Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth. Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0889462076.
- Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd / Barrie & Jenkins. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-0712656160.
- Rosenberg, Matt T. (2001). "Largest Cities Through History". About.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2001.
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-0304357307.
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